Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. [28], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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School Report.
Yoakum, Texas, Dec. 29, 1909.
To the Honorable Board of Trustee** of
Yoakum City Schools:
UENTi.kmkn: I herewith oiihrr.it the
following report of the City Schools
lor (.lie pant muiun, .... ...
it the session:
Enrolled end of last month: !
last side school.................... 704
test side school.................. 212
legro school .................. 196
Total .......................1111
Number now enrolled .
last side school................... 707
fest side school................217
lngro school ..................... 208
Total ..................
Belonging end of last month:
East side school.................. 040
rWest side school................ 181 J
Negro school..................... 144
Total...................... 972
Number now’ belonging:
East side school.......,...........002
West side school................ 170
Kdgar. Willis Wnuson, Hilda
Stahala. Susie Psencik, Minnie
Whitfield, May Fern Smoot,
Lucy I levers, Clarence McCar-
ty, Cameron Turlreville, Ida
Hammerlin, Henry Sedwick,
Roy Dagg, JohiNjJare.
nD > UM t U lU'niMII *
East Side: Lewie Fitch,
Willie Boenigk, l'at Hinds,
May Benbow, Ethel Wheeler,
Edith Martin, Lelatnl Smith,
Beverly Palmer, Jennie Fink,
George Tomforde, Eva Doran,
Bertha North, Martha Ann
Mergenthal, Tampa Grobe, Lil-
.1132i|ian Humphreys, Bessie Brian,
Melvin Peterson, Ruth Baby,
Grace Whitfield, Nannie Ray
Baker, Charlie Kestler, Henry
Newberry, Samuel Wunder-
lich, Walter Wehtnnnn.
West Side : Manfred Ger-
hardt, Werner (iehardt. Lo
Negro school...................... HO ,, ,, ...
Totfll Her la Walker, Kosella oteitier,
Per cent, of attendance:
East side school.......... ‘...
West sidejschool...............
Negro school...................
Average.................
Number neither absent nor tardy:
East side school................... 293
West side school.................. <0
Negro school...................... 94
Total........ 397
Cases of tardiness;
East side school....... 46
West side school ................... 0
Negro school ...................... 0
Total........................ 02
Cases of truancy:
| Homer Tucker, Edith Clark,
91 Maude Psetisik, Boyd Bellamy,
' Sylvester Caraway, Joseph
** Bare, Mara Endel, Mable Ed-
gar, Bettie (Juast, Phillippa
Hofner, Olga Schulz.
HIGH school.
Leo Ebner, John Hamil, Al-
bert Humphreys, Ernest Man-
ning, Maud Wallace. Marie
Tomforde, Lois Newsom, Ro-
wena Kestler, Jessie Woolsey,
Louise (ireen, Mildred Gable,
East side school.................... 1 Ora Simpson, Anna Neumann,
West side school................... 0
Negro school ...................... t>
Total ........................ 1
Reported for deficient work:1
East side school....................Ill
lest, side school ................... 11
Jegro school...................... 2
Total........................124
Reported for low deportment:
[East side school.................... 7
Ethel Mae Johnson, Laura
Dooley, Marion Buchanan, Lu-
cile Baby, Frank Linn, Albert
Singer, Helen Ragsdale, Leon-
ard Wade, Frances Jannette,
Belle (ireen, Yirgie Kavanagh,
Edmond Wehmnnn, Bessie
Ford, Charles Perrenot, Otta
Advertised Idler list.
Following is a list of un-
claimed letters remaining in
the Yoakum Post Office for the
week ending Saturday, March
12th, 1910:
LADIES.
Desmukes, Miss Alice.
Douglass, Miss Mary.
Fole>j Mrs. Kattie.
Friar, Miss Libbie.
(ireen, Miss Sarrah.
Harrison, Mrs. Fannie.
McDonald, Mrs. R. W.
Thames, Mrs. Frank.
Williams, Miss Ethel.
Williams, Miss Lina.
Tomas, Emily.
CENTI.KM K.\.
Argigo, Sr., Alejos.
Anderson, Hilbert.
Bailey, B. J.
Chitehall, F.
Dogat, Ray, (21.
Friedrich, Engle.
Griflin, Wesley.
Hollheniser, Fred,
llamotid, John.
Hagen, Joe.
Jordan, R. L
James, Callie.
Lions, Eddie
McCampbell, H. M.
Tonse, Sr., Calefas.
Williams, Melton.
Parties calling for the above
letters will please say “adver-
tised.” J. M. Clark, P. M.
Stale News.
XKGEO SCHOOL.
West side school................... 0 Cain, lnetha Fink, Clay Grobe.
Negro school...........*..........._ 0 !
Total........................ 7 |
Financial Statement: 1 May me Granger, Tennie
ftec’d from principal East side . $32.75 Johnson, Lunima Dennis, Ruth
Rec’d from principal West side « 05 Moore, Sherman Elem, Flora-
Reed from principal negro school 0.00
----dora Stevens, Andrew ereelan,
Bertha Evans, Robert Hall,
Alvin Dunlavv, Gladys White,
Allie Elem. Willie Grant, Hat"
Yeatter Neal, L.
Total........................$ 38.80
Corporal punishment:
LEast side school........... . . . .12
|W est side school .. /................ 7
legro school.sE ..................._33 tie Carter,
- •--Total....................... 72 James.
Suspended o Respectfully submitted
ReinstaUd....................... 0
No. of days school was open...... 19
No. teacher’s meeting held....... 3
The following pupils are entitled to
honorable mention:
L*;' j Respectfully submitted,
C. A. Peterson,
Superintendent.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
C. A. Peterson,
Superintendent.
East Side: Madeline
ler, Milling Brian,
Arlitt, Reha Mason,
Orth, May Fetterly, Mary •
Rons, Margaret Ragsdale, 1
Marie Walker, Ora Russell,
Merle Johnson, Francis Per-
I kins, Alice McCarty, Edna
McCarty, Rebecca Youngkin,
Pliny Benson. Ruth Madison,
Maude May, Norman Smith,
Margaret Perrenot, Viola Mer-
rian, Jessie Tegener, Myrtle
Cudd, Calli^? Hoenipk, l.ucile
Dimaline, Sydney |Lowrance,
George Koerth, Bessie Rose
Richmond. Nina Jordan,
Bonnie EBla Richmond, (lussie
Woodruff, Katherine North,
Lucile Hinds, Leila Woolsey,
Irene Peterson, Minnie (ice,
Inez Jordan, Edith Ford,
Tomlnie (Iordan. Katherine
Dooley, Helen (Junta, Eliza-
beth Shall, Mary Belle ( onion,
Sarah Johnson, Alta McCord,
Yirgie Butler, Olive Burch,
Dora Owen. Mamie Cranberry,
Lafayette Applewhite, 1 v y
Taylor, Tom Haleman, Henry
Bressel, Freddie Englehart,
Graham Cook, Charles W eller,
Julius Hander, Edith Hunter,
Lettse Neely. Elda Rinn, Lo-
rena Hinds, Inn Cook, Annie
’ ‘ L<’ ih t 1 Hums,
Art bur ( am
^ West Suit \*-t t if M ( >u: i
in, Ro' alu I -■•iieik. 1\V *\
ldwt-11, Minnie Knlvorisky,
|Wy Bailey, Clarence ( Ilium,
Newsmtie; Alice Br<Mtj|{«
Knox, Corf ecu Sta
Huvar, Lee Tu,
^M^Carty,. Mnu^ice
- Ttfieie, WUHftm
Alfred Garner went over to
Cuero this afternoon on busi-
ness.
Miss Kittie Whittington left
this afternoon for Ft. Worth on
Shind- *, visit to relatives and friends.
Bertha ____
Robert
DROPS
A PROMPT, EFFECTIVE
REMEDY FOR ALL FORMS OF j
RHEUMATISM
ntbmwm. fo/allqa, Mrnurmlglm,
Kidney mnd
Klntlrmd Olaaaaaa.
j Applied flttlMUy It off-rds In-I
Slant. relief from pain, while ixo iniieent,
results are bring effected by luinnu 11. in-
ternally. purifying the blood, dissolving
the poisonous substance and removing it
| (TOO! i he system.
DR. C. L. GATES
TInnrork. Minn., writes:
I A little Iflrl hrr.Ouul such a «•««
hy lOieumatfaim and Kidney Troi
I roll 111 not stand on her feet TUu
I,nt h< r down on the floor ehn would Heroai
with peine I treated byr with "6 UKOPS 1 eml
today «he runii around a* well anil lianpy mciiii
t«. 1 preecrlbe ' ft iUtOPS’'for mv i>*tleuu iiad
u»« It lu my p root Ire."
JLarwe Wine Bottle "ft-DROPA" fSOO l»n re) I
• 1.00 l or Mule by l>rnri[l*l"
ch a weak hark reneed
r Trouble that ulie |
TUo hi.mient t>n<y
aho would eiTuom
SWANSON RHIURATIC CURE COIIPAfir,
Dept. HO 17 1 I J*k«* Ntreet, i;hl< uto
WANSON
PILLS
See what Woolsey Kestler
have to say in their new ad. in
this issue of the Herald.
I). F. Sistrunk was a passen-
ger last night on the Davy
Crockett to Halletsville on bus-
| i tress,
J. M. Young returned home
from a business trip off the
west hound Davy Crockett last
night.
C, F. Lehmann traveling rep-
resentative for the American
Type Founders Company at
Dallas, passed through the city
this afternoon enroute to Hal-
letsville on business.
Tom’ Hums returned this af-
ternoon from a business visit
out of the city.
H. W. Wallace of Cuero was
in the city this afternoon ming-
ling with friends.
Berry Brown returned home
this afternoon from a business
visit to Halletsville,
Mrs. John Adams, .after spend
ing a pleasant visit in the city
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Carnes returned this afternoon
to her home below Halletsville.
j Remember the IriHi tea that
will be served fit the home of
| Mrs. I). J. Shall for the benefit
of the Catholic Auxiliary on
I March the 17th.
The contestants are doing
si.me very effective work to-
ward winning the piano that
the Herald is going to give
away.
On Thursday, March the
17th, Mrs. 1). J. Shall will
serve tea for the benefit of the
Catholic Auxilinrv. Everv-
| body has a cordial invitation to
attend.
H. A. Lindenberg went over
to Halletsville this afternoon
| oil a visir to Ins parents, Mr.
land Mrs. August Lindenherg.
Mrs \V. F. Afflerbach re-
turned from a pleasant visit to
I relatives and friends at Nord-
heim.
H. Root came in this after-
noon from a business visit out
of the city.
John I. Nicholson was run
over and killed by a train near
Rowlett.
An ice factory at Nacogdoches
was destroyed by tire at a loss
of $15,000.
Half of the business section
of Maxwell was consumed by,
fire at a loss of $15,000.
Pecos County voted wet and
the few boxes yet to report will
not change the result.
In a municipal election at
Seguin the commission form of
government was defeated.
Fire at ( Men wood partially de-
stroyed the plant of the Huh
furniture company at a loss of
about $55,000.
Five thousand sprouted co-
coanuts ;urived on the Disa at
Galveston from Mexico to he
planted near Brownsville.
The Colquitt club of Wichita
Falls announced the program
for the opening of the Colquitt
campaign in that city March
17th.
Assistant Attorney General
Mobley is contemplating the
filing of a motion in thfe court
of criminal appeals for a re-
hearing in the Lewis case.
As a sequel to a good roads
meeting at Alvin the commis-
sioners court will he petitioned
to order an election to consider
the issuance of $250,(XX) bonds.
The Bryan doctrine of free
raw material was denounced at
the opening session of the an-
nual convention of the Cattle
Raisers’ association of Texas at
Fort Wortn.
After two hours aiduous
practice, the Choral C I u b
finished up the afternoon
last Monday in having a
good time. The floor
of the Royal had been
cleared and was too inviting
for this body; so, f>eing led by
Mia. «.dicr and Mrs. J.
B. Harris, they tripped the
light fantastic for some time to
music played by Mrs. E. E.
Harris, finally winding up in
the old-fashioned Yirginia
Reel.
The Choral Club will give
their concert on Friday, April 1
at the Royal. It was intended
that this concert would he
given in the new auditorium of
the school building, hut on .ac-
count cd the tact that the seats
will not have arrived*, it will he
The Iyehm’s building, o n
Front Streei, formerly occupied
by Charles Speigel’s saloon, is
being treated with a new floor,
and when finished, will he
occupied by the Last Chance
saloon on Grand Avenue.
e* i r» it . is. iiilcr miu imu}',
after spending several days vis-
iting in the city the guests of
her parents, Mi. and Mrs. A. P.
McC'illan, returned this after-
noon to her home at Amt n.
Morris Sterim, after spend-
I
ing a few hours in our citv re-
turned this afternoon to his
H
home in Houston.
II
■
The Daily Health Hint.
'‘.M
A New York scientist has discov-
• m
ered that Wienerwursts are dangerous
-o °nes health. Beware of the do«»'
Princeton Tiger.
■
be giveil t >wards
the magnificent
fund for
w Kor-
Girl a Wonderful Linguist.
A tin-yenr-old girl named Minna
nisfi tV Bach pi.mo just placed J ^ eisbt in has astonished the I'nLed
in the building. I Sl“,'K lmn,'Kratlon authorities by her
___ ^ to 8ppak and ^ad Russian,
' 1 ^1,sh’ German, Italian Spas-
A. J. Garner returned homel8b and EngHsh.
Ia9t night on the Davy Crockett
from a business visit to Cuero.
E. B. Hill went overdo Hal-
letsville this afternoon on busi-
ness of importance.
A. N. Turner was a passeu-i
ger this afternoon to Rock Is-'
land on business.
Judge D H Green returned!
home this afternoon from a vis-'
it to Iinlletsville.
J. N. Baylor left this after-
noon .. business trip to Nixon.
Jim Newburry returned home
thi9 afternoon from a business
visit out of the city.
Mrs. Roberts of Schulenburg
arrived in the city on a brief
visit to relatives and friends.
Mrs. H. M. Tippett of Hal-
letsville arrived in the city this
afternoon on a visit to her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Dood.
Jonn Stiatton of Cuero was
in the city today looking after
business affairs.
•Henry Paulus passed through
the city this afternoon en route
to his home in Halletsville
Dignity and Impudence.
There used to be an old gsntlimaa
who lived in one of the parishes ot
Louisiana who was noted for his tre-
mendous deportment and puctuamy.
Arriving in New Orleans for the first
time, he accosted a young man-ahout-
town, who was standing on the corner
of the street: “I wish, my yousg
friend.” said he, taking out his watch,
“to go to the St. Charles hotel.”
’Well,” said the gilded youth, “you
aiay 80, hut don’t stay but half an
hour."
Theory of Evolution.
The “missing link’’ is a term us«4
in zoology to denote a hypothetical
form of life assumed to have existed
between two related types; more es-
sentially, a term applied to some indi- •
vidual Intermediate in development
between the ape and man and forming
a bond of union between them. Evo-
lution, however, does not teach that
man is descended from the ape, but
simply that both these typds have
evolved from some more primitive
from a business visit to Saili4orm’ 18 regarded as their com-
4 j mon ancestor.
Antonio.
D. F. .. °:rtr;;nlf return.-M
home last night from a brief
business visit to Halletsvilfe.
Alter spending several days
in the city visiting relatives
| ‘Louis Riggs went over to
j Halletsville this afternoon »>n
official business.
Fortun-*^M«.,i V.WU V.I.*
Willy- You see. it was this way.
They vere all three so dead in love
witfi her and all so eligible, that to
settle th«> matter she agreed to marry
the ont who could guess the nearest
to hpr age Anhui And did she?
ntn! friends, Mrs. fames Avant Willy i dogt know, i know tint she
returned this afternoon to her j married the one who guessed the low-
| est.—Life.
home at Smiley.
“MOTHER, what makes everything so good these days?”
“Why, it’s that K C BAKING POWDER. Cake,
hiscuit or griddle-cakes,—it’s all the same. Since 1 ve used
K C everything comes out just right, light, crisp and fit for
a king. X knew I was safe in trying it,—they were so sure I’d
like it. They refund your money if you don’t like it better
than any other,—l>etter,—mind you. Then it s guaranteed
under i verv Pure Food Law you ever heard of, and, you
\ u::*t believe it, but it costs less than what I’ve used,—a real
nice ving. I understand it’s because they don’t belong to
tbr« Baking jMwder “Trust.” My, It’s a satisfaction to get
'o;xi value for •/our rnenev these days when everything’s so
high.”
NOTICE!
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Act nuickjr *nc^ upon
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li and howul*.
THE BEST REMI
Oar^Ittnds si ■ posted. No
hunting, fish ill- yr ♦n»»p»is^ino
i:i uitjf W(iy ill lowed after ibis
|date, Nnrt'h 17, 1!>1<). No e.x
teptionw. All , parlies disre
rnrdjlljrtftktk notice must expect l
a.eo.dmg to
Dickinson,
7 C. E. Dickinoon.
yr PRICE. '
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